GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.*243

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11TH AUGUST, 2021/ SRAVANA 20, 1943 (SAKA)

PROPERTIES OF HINDUS IN KASHMIR

*243. SHRI ANIL DESAI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that Government is taking steps to restore

ancestral property of Hindus who had to run away from Kashmir in the
wake of terrorist violence there;

(b) whether Government has appointed any authority to receive such

request from Hindus, who returned to Kashmir to reclaim their movable
and immovable property;

(c) if so, how may Hindus so far have returned to Kashmir after the
abrogation of Article 370; and

(d) in how many cases Government has been successful in restoring

properties to its rightful and original owner, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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POSITION No. 3

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO THE RAJYA SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.

*243 FOR ANSWER ON 11THAUGUST, 2021 RAISED BY SHRI ANIL DESAI
REGARDING PROPERTIES OF HINDUS IN KASHMIR.

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b): Under the J&K Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection

& Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, District Magistrates (DMs) of

concerned Districts in Jammu & Kashmir are the legal custodians of the

immoveable properties of Migrants, who take suo motto action on eviction

proceedings in cases of encroachment. The migrants can also request

DMs in such cases.

(c): As per the information provided by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir,

after abrogation of Article 370, a total of 520 migrants have returned to

Kashmir for taking up the jobs under the Prime Minister’s Development

Package-2015.

(d): Regarding restoration of properties to its rightful and original owner,

9 properties have been restored, as per the information provided by the

Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir.

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